IPL 2016: Glamour-filled opening ceremony on April 8

Indian Premier League 2016: Katrina Kaif, Ranveer Singh to dazzle in glittering opening ceremony

IPL 2016 will have a grand opening ceremony featuring top stars from Bollywood and an all-girl English pop band TBC on April 8.
Show-stealers Ranveer Singh and Katrina Kaif along with Jacqueline Fernandez and Yo Yo Honey Singh are expected to set the stage on fire on the eve of the opener between MS Dhoni's Rising Pune Supergiants and defending champions Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

TBC, who have never performed in India before, will also add glitz to the opening ceremony, said a media release from Ferriswheel Entertainment which has bagged the rights to stage the ceremony on April 8.

"Ferriswheel is all set to put together a mad cricket party which will enliven the spirit of cricket. For the first time ever, India will see a 360 degree experience of seamless graphics and projection and state of the art technology - all in one show," according to the release.

The ceremony would also see 200 dancers and mass cast performers and a huge number of folk artists and percussionists, the release added.

Extraordinary opening ceremony to kick-off IPL 2016

IPL Trophy. (Photo Source: BCCI)

The ICC World T20 is set to reach its conclusion in a matter of a couple of days. The heavy dose of cricket will continue as the IPL 2016 is set to commence from April 9. The players who clashed with each other playing for the country will be seen sharing the dressing rooms with each other.

The India Premier League is an T20 extravaganza which serves cricket with a dash of glamour to  the fans. Every year, the tournament starts with a glamour-filled opening ceremony.

This year too, the arrangements are great. The opening ceremony of the 9th edition of the IPL will feature Bollywood personalities and all-girl English pop band TBC.

Top Bollywood stars like Jacqueline Fernandez, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Katrina Kaif, Ranveer Singh and many more would be adding glitz and glam to the ceremony along with Pop band TBC who have never performed in India before, said a media release from Ferriswheel Entertainment which has bagged the rights to stage the ceremony on April 8.

“Ferriswheel is all set to put together a mad cricket party which will enliven the spirit of cricket. For the first time ever, India will see a 360 degree experience of seamless graphics and projection and state of the art technology – all in one show,” according to the release.

The ceremony would also see 200 dancers and mass cast performers and a huge number of folk artists and percussionists, the release added. The opening game of IPL 9 at the Wankhede Stadium would see last year’s champions Mumbai Indians taking on the new franchise, Rising Pune Supergiants.

IPL 2016: Glamour-filled opening ceremony on April 8

Mumbai, April 1: A glamour-filled opening ceremony, featuring Bollywood personalities and all-girl English pop band TBC, is in the offing for Season 9 of the Indian Premier League that starts here on April 9.

Tinsel Town's top stars like Jacqueline Fernandez, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Katrina Kaif, Ranveer Singh and many more would be adding glitter to the ceremony along with TBC who have never performed in India before, said a media release from Ferriswheel Entertainment which has bagged the rights to stage the ceremony on April 8.

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma performs at IPL 2015 opening ceremony in Kolkata

"Ferriswheel is all set to put together a mad cricket party which will enliven the spirit of cricket. For the first time ever, India will see a 360 degree experience of seamless graphics and projection and state of the art technology - all in one show," according to the release.

The ceremony would also see 200 dancers and mass cast performers and a huge number of folk artists and percussionists, the release added. (Check about IPL 8 opening night)

The opening game of IPL 9 at the Wankhede Stadium would seen last year's champions Mumbai Indians taking on new franchise, Rising Pune Supergiants.

IPL 2016: Mumbai BJP secretary wants BCCI to move matches out of Maharashtra

       
The BJP leader feels that it is the duty of the state's citizens to support the initiative in order to combat the severe drought in rural Maharashtra.

Mumbai BJP secretary Vivekanand Gupta has made a fervent appeal to BCCI President Shashank Manohar to shift the IPL 2016 games in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur, out of the state of Maharashtra.
In a Facebook post, Gupta appealed to Manohar to shift the Mumbai and Pune games outside Maharashtra because of the severe drought that has impacted the lives of farmers in Maharashtra. His rationale is that tens of thousands of litres of water are used to water the grass and the wickets at the stadiums. After some elementary calculations, Gupta says that "in the 19 Matches to be played in Maharashtra about around more than 70 lakh litres of water will be used to maintain the cricket grounds (sic)."

This is Gupta's second Facebook post on this issue. Earlier on Friday, he had tagged the Facebook pages of several BJP wards in Mumbai, seeking support. Comparing the success of the 'water-less' Holi campaign to IPL, Gupta called for similar support from the citizens of Mumbai.

IPL 9 is set to begin with a match between Mumbai Indians and new team Rising Pune Super Giants at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on April 9.